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=> The Knowledge => Topic started by: sam on August 05, 2014
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Time to unmask myself: I am Agony Guy. It's a shock, I know. Moving right along, Charlotte at Yacf writes: (https://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?PHPSESSID=hj7i9b6qdp14l3bq90n6d5b122&topic=74280.msg1717463#msg1717463)
He really doesn't like penny farthing riders :erolleyes:
I've got nothing against penny farthings. Here's one now, tamed and about to be given a spin by a helpful volunteer at the Bicycle Museum of America: (http://www.notanothercyclingforum.net/acf/index.php?topic=52391.0)
(https://www.notanothercyclingforum.net/acf/pics/bikemuseum/pennyfarthing.jpg)
They've got an amusing name, that's all. (And for the purposes of that story (http://road.cc/content/blog/123389-dunwich-dynamo-xxii) they slotted in nicely alongside Boris Bikes & Brommies.) I've been poking fun at little wheeled folders for years even though I ride one; vegans, though I am one; Americans, ditto.
I am resolutely equal-opportunity (http://www.notanothercyclingforum.net/acf/index.php?topic=52541.0) in my targets. Everything's fair game, and there's never any malice.
See also Broken funny bone. (https://www.notanothercyclingforum.net/index.php?topic=566.0) Or not.